Great Circle

You know how annoying it is to get bad service? And you know how powerless you feel in the face of it - especially because it’s so common these days? And you know how annoyed and negative you’re starting to feel reading what I’m writing here? How about we turn all this around?
(I’m in a [...]

I like totally dug this post I read this morning. (Sorry I’m blogging in a West Coast surfer accent this morning - too much Michaelangelo on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & not enough sleep).
I’m like not into the transcendental mediation thing but I am into peace and getting centred. That’s what this is about & [...]

 
 
When there are people working on you to meet their needs without consideration for yours, it’s not always easy to say no especially when you are a compassionate person. But if you don’t learn how, you’ll soon burn out of energy for their needs AND yours.
I loved this one page article: Saying No With Style - it’s [...]

 
I was chatting this morning with a good friend of mine in Sydney. She was commenting on how totally unenjoyable her job was - largely because it had nothing to do with her vision and ambitions.  The pay’s ok, the people are ok, it’s just not what she wants to do with the good stuff inside her!
It got [...]

 As a design nut and hobbyist systems thinker, I really liked the post that starts below. It was very thought-provoking. Hope it helps… (Pete)

Quick;
Cheap;
Innovative;
Good.

You can choose any two of the four, but whichever two you choose rule out the other two. It goes like this:
If you choose to provide a product or service that [...]

“Why do today what you can put off til tomorrow?”
This is the unfortunate motto of many an unfulfilled person, a person whose potential is far from realised.
Procrastination has been called an “energy leak of the soul.” It’s the “Path MOST Traveled”! The circumstances we live in today are partly due to choices we have made before. How much [...]

What do you hope for? What do you dream about?
World domination? Fame? Influence? Success? $$? Becoming a hero? Having great kids? Having a great partner? Being a great partner?? Creating something the world has never seen? Changing lives? Becoming great at what you do? Just finding a way out of the rut? …
Progress comes from [...]

 
Ahhh, the pressure even the youngest of us are under to get things done, to deliver the stuff (whatever the stuff is) …
Them ancient civilisations (or Civs as gamers call ‘em) knew a thing or two about livin’ right. The ancient Hebrews for instance had a tradition called Shabbat. You might have heard it called “Sabbath” [...]